While it would be presumptuous to try to predict the outcome of Monday’s vote, I am heartened by what I perceive to be an awakening of the Canadian electorate. If political polls and advance voting numbers are any indication, we are demonstrating, cou…
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The Adventures of Diva Rachel: Majority out of reach, Tories say
Schadenfreude.The Star Exclusive: Majority out of reach, Tories sayThe adventures of a Franco Ontarian Viz Min Woman in Ottawa.
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Fox News North: lies from day 1
Looks like the apple didn't fall far from the tree…Faux News North, a.k.a. Sun News Network is already following their brotheren's lead by making up news stories. The Diva is surprised — not that it happened, but how quickly Faux News North …
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: A Message to Canadian Voters from Tommy Douglas
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Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: It’s Time
You don’t have to choose between tweedle dumb and tweedle dumber
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Gordon O’Connor on the South March Highlands
“it isn’t special … there’s nothing special about it”
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William Kaplan, in today’s Globe and Mail, on the media’s reaction to Stephen Harper’s limited campaign access, and restriction to only five questions per day:”The only astonishing thing is that the media are taking it. They are playing along, acceptin…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Why You Must Vote on Monday May 2, 2011
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Continue readingDebate post script
For the second night in a row, I didn’t watch the Leaders’ debate (there was an all-candidates debate in York Centre tonight which featured an equally jarring Tory candidate, but that’s for another day).Radio-Canada’s coverage of the post-debate was re…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Rant For Canada
Are You Voting For Canada
Continue readingAnd now, the French debate…
Tonight’s French language leaders debate will almost certainly attract a smaller audience than yesterday’s – language comprehension being one reason and hockey playoffs, another – but it is likely to be a more substantive affair than the English one.De…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: The Debate: Canadian Values Win
The most interesting thing I noticed about the debate was where all the leaders, or at least all of the federalist leaders, agreed. These were on what I would consider to be the most basic of Canadian values, but values that many of us suspect are not …
Continue readingA grain of salt
Noteworthy in this Globe and Mail article describing the results of the latest Nanos Research daily tracking poll, is that in every single region, except the Prairies, every single lead or deficit between the Tories and Liberals is about half the size …
Continue readingLinks for junkies
In absence of generating any of my own content, here are a few links that I’m reading regularly as the federal election campaign unfolds. I thought I’d pass them along…CBC’s The National has a couple of excellent features. The “At Issue” panel is a m…
Continue readingStephen Harper, on responsibility
My communications staff limit questions, not me…The local campaigns set my events, not me…It’s our local candidates who hire discredited and fired employees, not me…The RCMP threw them out, not me…The staff barred her from entering, not me…Th…
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Stephen Harper Doing What Comes Naturally
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Continue readingOn the teevee (II)
Here’s the link to my first foray into Mississauga cable TV. Our panel on the federal election had no-shows from both the Greens and Tories, but host Ben Mercer and a handful of callers made it all run smoothly. You can watch it here.
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